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Life

Songbirds sing out of tune if they don’t practise every day

If zebra finches are prevented from singing for two weeks, they sing at a lower pitch 鈥� but they soon recover once they resume daily practice

Life

Beetles that receive less care as larvae may become better parents

Life

Big animals move more slowly than small ones to avoid overheating

Prompt: 2 sad cats reading a newspaper in a Wes Anderson film

Technology

Artificial intelligence: 5 questions answered that you should know

Computer Neural Network Concept Image

Technology

How this moment for AI will change society forever (and how it won’t)

Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) grows in a thick, underwater forest near the Channel Islands in California. This area is part of a National Park and is teeming with thousands of marine species.

Life

Kelp forests capture nearly 5 million tonnes of CO2 annually

A scanning electron micrograph of a brown fat cell surrounded by capillaries

Health

Surrounding tumours with brown fat could starve them of nutrients

Technology

AI helps cyclists work out how much to eat during the Tour de France

The settlement of Qassiarsuk in Greenland was once probably the site of Brattahlid, the home of Viking Leif Erikson

Environment

Vikings left Greenland after growing ice sheet caused sea level rise

Amber fragment with feather portions and beetle larval moults

Life

Amber fossils reveal dinosaurs and beetles had symbiotic relationship

Remains preserved in amber from 105 million years ago are the oldest evidence of a mutually beneficial relationship between dinosaurs and arthropods

Environment

Great Pacific Garbage Patch hosts stable community of coastal animals

Space

SpaceX launch cancelled: Why didn’t Elon Musk’s Starship blast off?

Space

Starship livestream: Watch SpaceX launch the most powerful rocket ever

Watch SpaceX launch the most powerful rocket ever